Session

Motherload - Sheffield

Searching for freedom and connection in a gas-powered, digital and divided world.

About

Running time

86 minutes

Certificate

12A

Screenings

Wednesday 20 Nov '19 | 8:00pm Decathlon Sheffield

MOTHERLOAD is a crowdsourced documentary about a new mother’s quest to understand the increasing isolation and disconnection of the digital age, its planetary impact, and how cargo bikes could be an antidote.

Filmmaker Liz Canning cycled everywhere until she had twins in 2008. Hauling babies via car was not only unsustainable but took the freedom and adventure out of life, and Liz felt trapped. She Googled “family bike” and uncovered a global movement of people replacing cars with cargo bikes: long-frame bicycles designed for carrying passengers and heavy loads. Liz set out to learn more, and MOTHERLOAD was born.